Technology@Wooster

Author: Emily Armour (she/her)

  • Teams for Blended Learning

    Our College values face-to-face interaction and has no classes which are strictly online. We host a Moodle instance with a course site for every class and offer a WordPress multi-site for faculty, students, departments and organizations to host a blog or website. We offer Microsoft 365, but do not use a Google apps for education…

  • Share your Feedback on Ohio’s K-12 Technology Model Curriculum

    You can be part of the effort to review the draft Ohio K-12 Model Curriculum for Technology! The State Board of Education adopted the revision of Ohio’s Learning Standards for Technology in 2017. Since July 2018, Emily Armour has been part of the Working Group comprised of Ohio educators from K-12 and higher education to…

  • Exploring Text with Photoshop

    Agenda The Text Tool Vertical vs Horizontal Type Warping Text Creating a Clipping Mask Useful for changing the fill of a text Wrapping Text to a Path Create a path using the shape tool Link to Photoshop Workshop Resources

  • Voices: WordPress at Wooster

    What is Voices? The College hosts a WordPress multi-site installation where faculty and students can create sites called Voices. Users can select from a variety of themes including those intended for websites or blogging. Faculty have the option to create a course site and can add students as users with varying degrees of permissions (editor…

  • Unsplash free high-res photos

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    Visit Unsplash.com to browse and download from their collection of over 550,000 free (do-whatever-you-want) high-resolution photos – brought to you by the world’s most generous community of photographers. Visit their Help for Using Unsplash for topics like: Downloading Photos Crediting Photographers Contacting a photographer Collections Topics Likes

  • New Year Workshops for Faculty

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    Join Educational Technology the week of January 7th for a series of pre-semester workshops. Light refreshments will be served.

  • Xiaomi MI SPHERE 360 camera

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    The Xiaomi Mijia MI SPHERE 360 degree panoramic camera captures images up to 23MB and shoots 3.5K video. Checklist of best practices – how to be successful Check out the camera from Technology Services Check the camera battery and the SD card Connect the camera to either the selfie stick/small tripod or expandable tripod Tutorial Guide [Links…

  • Oculus Go VR Headset

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    What is it? Oculus Go is a Standalone VR headset that allows users to enter virtual reality with no PC or wires attached. Visit the Oculus website for more details. Using Your Oculus Go Getting Started with Your Oculus Go – Set up and use your Oculus Go for the first time. Using the Oculus Store – Purchase and download…

  • Easy to Use Virtual Reality Tools

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    Learn about Oculus Go VR headsets, 360 degree cameras, and easy-to-use virtual reality tools and content that you can use in your classroom. Finding Content YouTube 360 Video house channel YouTube Virtual Reality Channel Discovery VR channel on YouTube National Geographic 360 videos on YouTube XR Portal for simulations and 360 videos Veer for 360 videos and…

  • Crafting a Successful Tech Project

    Below you will find some links to various resources to help you to get started to think about how to craft a successful tech project in your classroom. If you are interested in pursuing a tech project, please reach out to a staff member of Educational Technology so we can assist you in the implementation…